Setting the composition size

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Join Richard Harrington for an in-depth discussion in this video Setting the composition size, part of Motion Control 3D: Bringing Your Photos to Life in Three Dimensions with After Effects and Photoshop CS6.

Now that we've properly staged the comps, I need to adjust the size of the composition for output.…Now, one of these pictures is very low resolution, so I'm going to have to settle with standard…definition, and that's okay for this particular project. I knew that going in.…The other picture, much higher res, so I have a little more flexibility in designing the output module.…Here we go, Stage 3.…I'll just go to the Composition Settings, and I could choose from my Presets.…Now, this is a very low-res photo.…

This is just a small practice image, but I'll stick with NTSC D1 for standard definition…broadcast and click OK.…That's fine, and this would work for the web as well.…In this particular case, we're going to end up scaling up the pixels a bit, but that's all right.…It's just a practice image.…Our main output here has much higher resolution, so by choosing Composition > Composition Settings,…you'll see we have adequate resolution to deliver for HD.…I'm going to stick with the 720P, and in this case I'll set the Frame Rate to match what we need, 23.976.…

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10/4/2012

Have you looked at a photo and wished you were there, or wondered what the scene looked like to the photographer? Now you can bring your photos to life by adding motion and depth to your images. Author Rich Harrington reveals how you can transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects. The course shows you how to select the right images and resolutions; how to use masks and layers to build the composition in Photoshop; and how to animate the camera and light the scene in After Effects.